USA vs Czechia Preview & Prediction | 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship | Semi-Final

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On the back of having knocked out Canada in the quarter-finals, Czechia air to take their biggest scalp yet in reigning champions USA with a place in the final at stake.

Start date/time: Sunday 5th January, 2025, UK – not before 12:30am / Saturday 4th January, US ET – not before 7:30pm / Saturday 4th January, US PT – not before 4:30pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – NHL Network / Canada – TSN

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – NHL Network via subscriptions for fuboTV, DirectTV, SlingTV or ESPN+ / Canada – TSN streaming platforms

USA vs Czechia Prediction

Czechia took advantage of a Canada side who have underperformed across much of the tournament, shocking the home crowd by winning 4-3 and booking this clash with gold medal holders USA. The latter made light work of Switzerland, winning 7-2 and aside from that overtime loss at the hands of Finland, they’ve looked like a side well placed to go back-to-back.

Both USA and Czechia have racked up 29 goals over the course of this competition so far, although 14 of those Czechia goals came against Kazakhstan. Their strongest opponent played has been Sweden and Czechia came up short in that one. It would be no surprise if they did so again when considering the depth and quality of this USA squad, which is packed full of future studs.

USA vs Czechia Tip: USA to win